6 Append ref names and object names of fetched refs to the
7 existing contents of `.git/FETCH_HEAD`. Without this
8 option old data in `.git/FETCH_HEAD` will be overwritten.
11 Limit fetching to the specified number of commits from the tip of
12 each remote branch history. If fetching to a 'shallow' repository
13 created by `git clone` with `--depth=<depth>` option (see
14 linkgit:git-clone[1]), deepen or shorten the history to the specified
15 number of commits. Tags for the deepened commits are not fetched.
18 Similar to --depth, except it specifies the number of commits
19 from the current shallow boundary instead of from the tip of
20 each remote branch history.
22 --shallow-since=<date>::
23 Deepen or shorten the history of a shallow repository to
24 include all reachable commits after <date>.
26 --shallow-exclude=<revision>::
27 Deepen or shorten the history of a shallow repository to
28 exclude commits reachable from a specified remote branch or tag.
29 This option can be specified multiple times.
32 If the source repository is complete, convert a shallow
33 repository to a complete one, removing all the limitations
34 imposed by shallow repositories.
36 If the source repository is shallow, fetch as much as possible so that
37 the current repository has the same history as the source repository.
40 By default when fetching from a shallow repository,
41 `git fetch` refuses refs that require updating
42 .git/shallow. This option updates .git/shallow and accept such
45 --negotiation-tip=<commit|glob>::
46 By default, Git will report, to the server, commits reachable
47 from all local refs to find common commits in an attempt to
48 reduce the size of the to-be-received packfile. If specified,
49 Git will only report commits reachable from the given tips.
50 This is useful to speed up fetches when the user knows which
51 local ref is likely to have commits in common with the
52 upstream ref being fetched.
54 This option may be specified more than once; if so, Git will report
55 commits reachable from any of the given commits.
57 The argument to this option may be a glob on ref names, a ref, or the (possibly
58 abbreviated) SHA-1 of a commit. Specifying a glob is equivalent to specifying
59 this option multiple times, one for each matching ref name.
61 See also the `fetch.negotiationAlgorithm` configuration variable
62 documented in linkgit:git-config[1].
65 Show what would be done, without making any changes.
68 --[no-]write-fetch-head::
69 Write the list of remote refs fetched in the `FETCH_HEAD`
70 file directly under `$GIT_DIR`. This is the default.
71 Passing `--no-write-fetch-head` from the command line tells
72 Git not to write the file. Under `--dry-run` option, the
73 file is never written.
78 When 'git fetch' is used with `<src>:<dst>` refspec it may
79 refuse to update the local branch as discussed
81 in the `<refspec>` part of the linkgit:git-fetch[1]
85 in the `<refspec>` part below.
87 This option overrides that check.
95 Allow several <repository> and <group> arguments to be
96 specified. No <refspec>s may be specified.
99 Run `git gc --auto` at the end to perform garbage collection
100 if needed. This is enabled by default.
102 --[no-]write-commit-graph::
103 Write a commit-graph after fetching. This overrides the config
104 setting `fetch.writeCommitGraph`.
109 Before fetching, remove any remote-tracking references that no
110 longer exist on the remote. Tags are not subject to pruning
111 if they are fetched only because of the default tag
112 auto-following or due to a --tags option. However, if tags
113 are fetched due to an explicit refspec (either on the command
114 line or in the remote configuration, for example if the remote
115 was cloned with the --mirror option), then they are also
116 subject to pruning. Supplying `--prune-tags` is a shorthand for
117 providing the tag refspec.
120 See the PRUNING section below for more details.
124 Before fetching, remove any local tags that no longer exist on
125 the remote if `--prune` is enabled. This option should be used
126 more carefully, unlike `--prune` it will remove any local
127 references (local tags) that have been created. This option is
128 a shorthand for providing the explicit tag refspec along with
129 `--prune`, see the discussion about that in its documentation.
131 See the PRUNING section below for more details.
139 By default, tags that point at objects that are downloaded
140 from the remote repository are fetched and stored locally.
141 This option disables this automatic tag following. The default
142 behavior for a remote may be specified with the remote.<name>.tagOpt
143 setting. See linkgit:git-config[1].
146 When fetching refs listed on the command line, use the
147 specified refspec (can be given more than once) to map the
148 refs to remote-tracking branches, instead of the values of
149 `remote.*.fetch` configuration variables for the remote
150 repository. Providing an empty `<refspec>` to the
151 `--refmap` option causes Git to ignore the configured
152 refspecs and rely entirely on the refspecs supplied as
153 command-line arguments. See section on "Configured Remote-tracking
154 Branches" for details.
158 Fetch all tags from the remote (i.e., fetch remote tags
159 `refs/tags/*` into local tags with the same name), in addition
160 to whatever else would otherwise be fetched. Using this
161 option alone does not subject tags to pruning, even if --prune
162 is used (though tags may be pruned anyway if they are also the
163 destination of an explicit refspec; see `--prune`).
166 --recurse-submodules[=yes|on-demand|no]::
167 This option controls if and under what conditions new commits of
168 populated submodules should be fetched too. It can be used as a
169 boolean option to completely disable recursion when set to 'no' or to
170 unconditionally recurse into all populated submodules when set to
171 'yes', which is the default when this option is used without any
172 value. Use 'on-demand' to only recurse into a populated submodule
173 when the superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
174 reference to a commit that isn't already in the local submodule
175 clone. By default, 'on-demand' is used, unless
176 `fetch.recurseSubmodules` is set (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
181 Number of parallel children to be used for all forms of fetching.
183 If the `--multiple` option was specified, the different remotes will be fetched
184 in parallel. If multiple submodules are fetched, they will be fetched in
185 parallel. To control them independently, use the config settings
186 `fetch.parallel` and `submodule.fetchJobs` (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
188 Typically, parallel recursive and multi-remote fetches will be faster. By
189 default fetches are performed sequentially, not in parallel.
192 --no-recurse-submodules::
193 Disable recursive fetching of submodules (this has the same effect as
194 using the `--recurse-submodules=no` option).
198 If the remote is fetched successfully, add upstream
199 (tracking) reference, used by argument-less
200 linkgit:git-pull[1] and other commands. For more information,
201 see `branch.<name>.merge` and `branch.<name>.remote` in
202 linkgit:git-config[1].
205 --submodule-prefix=<path>::
206 Prepend <path> to paths printed in informative messages
207 such as "Fetching submodule foo". This option is used
208 internally when recursing over submodules.
210 --recurse-submodules-default=[yes|on-demand]::
211 This option is used internally to temporarily provide a
212 non-negative default value for the --recurse-submodules
213 option. All other methods of configuring fetch's submodule
214 recursion (such as settings in linkgit:gitmodules[5] and
215 linkgit:git-config[1]) override this option, as does
216 specifying --[no-]recurse-submodules directly.
220 By default 'git fetch' refuses to update the head which
221 corresponds to the current branch. This flag disables the
222 check. This is purely for the internal use for 'git pull'
223 to communicate with 'git fetch', and unless you are
224 implementing your own Porcelain you are not supposed to
228 --upload-pack <upload-pack>::
229 When given, and the repository to fetch from is handled
230 by 'git fetch-pack', `--exec=<upload-pack>` is passed to
231 the command to specify non-default path for the command
232 run on the other end.
237 Pass --quiet to git-fetch-pack and silence any other internally
238 used git commands. Progress is not reported to the standard error
247 Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
248 by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q
249 is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the
250 standard error stream is not directed to a terminal.
253 --server-option=<option>::
254 Transmit the given string to the server when communicating using
255 protocol version 2. The given string must not contain a NUL or LF
256 character. The server's handling of server options, including
257 unknown ones, is server-specific.
258 When multiple `--server-option=<option>` are given, they are all
259 sent to the other side in the order listed on the command line.
261 --show-forced-updates::
262 By default, git checks if a branch is force-updated during
263 fetch. This can be disabled through fetch.showForcedUpdates, but
264 the --show-forced-updates option guarantees this check occurs.
265 See linkgit:git-config[1].
267 --no-show-forced-updates::
268 By default, git checks if a branch is force-updated during
269 fetch. Pass --no-show-forced-updates or set fetch.showForcedUpdates
270 to false to skip this check for performance reasons. If used during
271 'git-pull' the --ff-only option will still check for forced updates
272 before attempting a fast-forward update. See linkgit:git-config[1].
276 Use IPv4 addresses only, ignoring IPv6 addresses.
280 Use IPv6 addresses only, ignoring IPv4 addresses.